History Film / GodzillaFinalWars

** A boy throws a [[VideoGame/{{Pokemon}} Squirtle]] action figure into his fireplace while screaming insults at it. This was a clear jab at the both the popularity of the ''Pokemon'' series rivaling Godzilla's (a bit hypocritical, since Toho distributes the ''Pokemon'' films, and in recent films, has even started using sound effects from the ''Godzilla'' series for Legendary Pokemon), and the ''Franchise/{{Gamera}}'' franchise, the ''Godzilla'' series' biggest rival.

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** A boy throws a [[VideoGame/{{Pokemon}} Squirtle]] Gamera action figure into his fireplace while screaming insults at it. This was a clear jab at the both the popularity of the ''Pokemon'' series rivaling Godzilla's (a bit hypocritical, since Toho distributes the ''Pokemon'' films, and in recent films, has even started using sound effects from the ''Godzilla'' series for Legendary Pokemon), and the ''Franchise/{{Gamera}}'' franchise, the ''Godzilla'' series' biggest rival.

* ActionizedSequel: For better or worse, there's way more action, more monsters and especially more Godzilla in this film than [[Film/Godzilla2000 all]] [[Film/GodzillaVsMegaguirus the]] [[Film/GodzillaMothraKingGhidorahGiantMonstersAllOutAttack other]] [[GodzillaAgainstMechagodzilla films in]] [[Film/GodzillaTokyoSOS the Millenium era]].

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* ActionizedSequel: For better or worse, there's way more action, more monsters and especially more Godzilla in this film than [[Film/Godzilla2000 all]] [[Film/GodzillaVsMegaguirus the]] [[Film/GodzillaMothraKingGhidorahGiantMonstersAllOutAttack other]] previous]] [[GodzillaAgainstMechagodzilla films in]] [[Film/GodzillaTokyoSOS the Millenium era]].

* ActionizedSequel: For better or worse.worse, there's way more action, more monsters and especially more Godzilla in this film than [[Film/Godzilla2000 all]] [[Film/GodzillaVsMegaguirus the]] [[Film/GodzillaMothraKingGhidorahGiantMonstersAllOutAttack other]] [[GodzillaAgainstMechagodzilla films in]] [[Film/GodzillaTokyoSOS the Millenium era]].

* GratuitousEnglish: Gordon speaks only in English, but he and the Japanese cast perfectly understand each other. Kazama [[BilingualBonus speaks fluent English and Japanese]] (as can his actor, Kane Kosugi).

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* GratuitousEnglish: Gordon speaks only in English, but he and the Japanese cast perfectly understand each other. Kazama [[BilingualBonus speaks fluent English and Japanese]] (as can his actor, Kane Kosugi). In the Japanese release, however, Gordon was dubbed by none other than Tessho Genda!

** Ryuhei Kitamura and Shogo Tomiyama wanted the Japanese Godzilla to fight the [[Film/{{Godzilla 1998}} American Godzilla]] to show which was superior, resulting in one of the most brutal examples of this trope in action: Godzilla fights "Zilla" and effortlessly wins in less than 20 seconds. Just to rub it in further, the frustrated [[BigBad X]] then mutters: "I knew that tuna-eating lizard was useless!" (or, in the English dub, "I knew that tuna-head wasn't up to much!"). The name of the scene in question, "Pretender to the Throne", and the music used in the fight,[[note]]Sum 41's ''All To Blame''[[/note]] serve to further highlight Toho's opinion of the American Godzilla. It's very likely deliberate that Zilla is also the only kaiju who is rendered with intentionally-bad CG graphics, and faces off against a Godzilla depicted through old-school rubber suit effects.

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** Ryuhei Kitamura and Shogo Tomiyama wanted the Japanese Godzilla to fight the [[Film/{{Godzilla 1998}} American Godzilla]] to show which was superior, resulting in one of the most brutal examples of this trope in action: Godzilla fights "Zilla" and effortlessly wins in less than 20 seconds. Just to rub it in further, the frustrated [[BigBad X]] then mutters: "I knew that tuna-eating lizard was useless!" (or, in the English dub, "I knew that tuna-head wasn't up to much!"). The name of the scene in question, "Pretender to the Throne", and the music used in the fight,[[note]]Sum 41's ''All To Blame''[[/note]] serve to further highlight Toho's opinion of the American Godzilla.Godzilla (Well, [[Film/Godzilla2014 the first one]] at least). It's very likely deliberate that Zilla is also the only kaiju who is rendered with intentionally-bad CG graphics, and faces off against a Godzilla depicted through old-school rubber suit effects.

** Ryuhei Kitamura and Shogo Tomiyama wanted the Japanese Godzilla to fight the [[Film/{{Godzilla 1998}} American Godzilla]] to show which was superior, resulting in one of the most brutal examples of this trope in action: Godzilla fights "Zilla" and effortlessly wins in less than 20 seconds. Just to rub it in further, the frustrated [[BigBad X]] then mutters: "I knew that tuna-eating lizard was useless!" (or, in the English dub, "I knew that tuna-head wasn't up to much!"). The name of the scene in question, "Pretender to the Throne", and the music used in the fight,[[note]]Sum 41's ''All To Blame''[[/note]] serve to further highlight Toho's opinion of the American Godzilla. It's very likely deliberate that Zilla is also the only kaiju who is rendered with CG graphics, and faces off against a Godzilla depicted through old-school rubber suit effects.

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** Ryuhei Kitamura and Shogo Tomiyama wanted the Japanese Godzilla to fight the [[Film/{{Godzilla 1998}} American Godzilla]] to show which was superior, resulting in one of the most brutal examples of this trope in action: Godzilla fights "Zilla" and effortlessly wins in less than 20 seconds. Just to rub it in further, the frustrated [[BigBad X]] then mutters: "I knew that tuna-eating lizard was useless!" (or, in the English dub, "I knew that tuna-head wasn't up to much!"). The name of the scene in question, "Pretender to the Throne", and the music used in the fight,[[note]]Sum 41's ''All To Blame''[[/note]] serve to further highlight Toho's opinion of the American Godzilla. It's very likely deliberate that Zilla is also the only kaiju who is rendered with intentionally-bad CG graphics, and faces off against a Godzilla depicted through old-school rubber suit effects.

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